Skygazing Information
Current Sky Highlights
- Evening Sky Map & Calendar- excellent guide for outreach events
- Sky & Telescope "Sky at a Glance"- highlights for the week
- Skyhound - deep sky objects (DSO) for the month, comets
- Spaceweather - solar activity, aurora
- Heavens-Above - satellites, asteroids
- International Space Station (ISS) passes - Ft Collins
- Iridium Flares - Discovery Ctr, Observatory Village, Pawnee-RAC, Beaver Meadows, Crow Valley, Foxpark, WY
Observing Conditions
| Site | Weather | Click Below for "Clear Sky Chart" | WebCams |
| Fort Collins | NOAA | 
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| Keota | NOAA (Keota) | 
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| Rocky Mountain N.P. | NOAA (Estes Park) | 
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| Foxpark, WY | NOAA (Jelm) | 
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Skygazing References
- Ft Collins Skymap - current time, can modify options and update
- Full Moon Atlas - interactive lunar atlas (Javascript required)
- NGC/IC Project - extensive info and photos on ALL the NGC/IC objects
- WikiSky - star chart with Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) images
- US Naval Observatory Astronomy Tools
- Dark Sky Finder - Bortle light pollution data overlaid on Google Maps
Special Celestial Objects & Events
- Eclipse: Fred Espenak's (NASA) definitive Eclipse Page
- Meteor Shower: 2012 Calendar from International Meteor Organization
- Messier Marathon: Guide to seeing all the Messier objects in 1 night in late March
Regional Star Parties
| Date | Event | Location |
| 15-22 Apr 2012 | Texas Star Party (TSP) | Fort Davis, TX |
| ??? Jun 2012 ??? | Rocky Mountain Star Stare (RMSS) | Gardner, CO |
| 16-18 Aug 2012 | Weekend Under the Stars (WUTS) | Foxpark, WY |
| ??? Aug 2012 ??? | Nebraska Star Party (NSP) | Merritt Reservoir 27mi S of Valentine, NE |
| 8-16 Sep 2012 | Okie-Tex Star Party | W Okla. panhandle |
| 10-13 Oct 2012 | The Enchanted Skies Star Party | Socorro, New Mexico |
| ??? Oct 2012 ??? | Western Nebraska Star Gaze | ~34mi north of Mitchell, NE |
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